The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1887-07-06
FORTUNE FINDERS.

FORTUNE FINDERS.
The Luck of Some New Orleans
Men i'm the June Drawing of
The Louisiana Stale Lottery.
About noon on Wednesday three
men stepped into the private office
of the Louisiana State Lottery Com
pany, and their smiling faces betray-
ed their GRAND. They were John
w. Tenny, an engineer, and Charles
Dennis and John Moran, watchmen,
all three at present in Government
employ, the latter on board the
United States Government boat
General Newton, and Tenny is en-
gineer of the Ruby, the boats now
lying near the Exposition grounds,
preparing for trip to the Atcha-
talaya.
Dennis had twentieth of the
ticket which won the 100000 prize,
rolled up carelessly between his fin
gers. He straitened it out on the
table, and said:
"There it is boys; we've got it,
"See," said Dennis, "this is a com
bine. We each buy ticket every
month, from a pool, and divide the
profits. We have been buying
tickets for several years, and at last
we struck it,
at was his ticket that did the bus
mess said Tenny. "Moran and
l bought ours, but Dennis did not
have a chance to go down town.
He finally asked a friend of his to
bring him up dollar ticket Den
mis- got his dollar ticket and put it
in the pool. / thought no more of
it until the morning after the draw
ing l had the blues, but when 1
saw the Picdyune-you can guess the
rest. There on the top of the col
umn were the figures 50, 479, and OPP
posite them the 100000 prize
That is our number, and SO Dennis,
Moran and / told the boss that we
had important business down town,
and here we are"
"What are you going to do with
the money!" asked the reporter.
"This is in confidence. Wciptend
to deplete our finances considerably
by having good time, and after
that we may go back to work just the
same as ever. In fact, we may not
quit work at all. F"
Just then check for the money
they had won was brought to them,
and the trio departed rejoicing
Dennis is from the county Clare,
ireland, 80 years of age, has been
in America since childhood and in
New Orleans for five years. One of
the first habits lie aquired was to
buy lottery ticket monthly, and
now he is glad he did it. Moran is
an Orleanian bred and born, Tenny
lis from North Carolina, and says
it is the first time he has had his
name in the papers. All three are
unmarried, and jolly good fellows.
The little office had not been long
vacated when in came another call
or. 1t was letter-car1'ier p. j.
Mooney without his uniform
Mooney had found his luck at last
and he found it with a dollar ticket
in the June drawing of The Louis
lana State Lottery Company. He
is native of New Orleans, 81 years
of age, is married and lives with
his family at 420 Ursulines street.
In 1894 Postmaster Merchant APP
pointed him to carry mail and he
was retained under the Democratic
administration.
1 Mooney did not believe much in
lottery. He bought one ticket for a
dollar and won nothing. This con
firmed his belief or rather lack OF
it. A few days before the June
drawing he determined to try again;
among the five tickets he bought
was one bearing the magic figures
80, 749. They were magic to him
for they opened the gates of fortune
in a day and made him comparatively
rich man. Mooney bought his tick
ct two days before the drawing, and
when he saw the Picayune on We'd
nesday morning his joy can we'll be
imagincd-No. 81, 749 had won the
100000 prize.
Mooney says he will invest his
money and carry his mail bag with
lighter heart.
: There were no other capital prize
holders who called that day, the
other fractions being held in distant
parts of the country, but the recep-
ton of smaller holders continued
until the doors were closed, tickets
: were presented and cashed, and the
/ June drawing had been lucky one